Jesus wasn't rigid and flew in the face of the status quo. Let's follow his lead in life and in the church, shall we? 

Here is a little straight talk about suffering. And a bit of a takedown of the trite slogans we've all used.

The day after the U.S. and Israel began bombing Iran, a message of reflection based on scripture readings from Lamentations and the Gospel of John. Lamentations 2:18-22 and John 3:1-17.

The first in a series of messages on Lamentations and the hope and comfort we can find in these sacred poems and what they have to say to us today. Based on Lamentations 1:1-8.

Can science expand our ideas of God? I think they can.

You are the salt of the earth and the light of the world...Part 2 of the occasional sermon series on the Sermon on the Mount, including a good joke at the beginning.

Today's message is about the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount. Take a listen for a sermon about the Beatitudes from Matthew 5:1-12.

Brief sermons on Bible verses plucked from a basket. A good time was had by all!

On Baptism of Christ Sunday, we look at the Baptism story in Matthew and consider what Baptism calls us to do as Christians. As Louis Gunnemann phrased it, it is a Sacrament of Vocation, or another way to put it, a Sacrament of Calling.

This message from today was not universally beloved by its recipients. And that is OK. We walk in dark times, but there's light at First Congregational.